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This soft piece of fat shit who looks like the hardest he's ever worked is getting off his fat ass to go get another Twinkie is Kevin Williamson, you know, the NRO guy who says poor whites are lazy drug addicts https://mobile.twitter.com/texascr/status/715393419288285184

Pfft, that's so pre-Obama!Hillary want's your property, your privacy. She wants you traveling where she wants you to go in Google-provided driverless cars, serf! Don't even think about eating a steak!!! We must eat bugs to save mother nature from cow farts, and no bacon out of deference to our new Muslim neighbors, and....

28IDF and Boder Police on Wednesday destroyed the house of the terrorist who carried out a stabbing attack in Hebron killing one in December of last year.

Good. Poor guy was waiting for bus and was attacked and killed.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 31, 2016 10:51 AM (iQIUe)

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Just wanted to thank all the 'rons and 'ettes--and especially Votermom--for taking a chance on my book in the book thread last Sunday. Wow, you are all so open and generous! I looked at the sales spike and had to retreat to my fainting couch, pearls clutched in my tiny little hands. You made my day!

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'You can vote For (kill him or let him go) You have one houer to vote We will post his fate after one houer Tag your friends and take your right take your reveng from isis right now. Please we dont have the time just one houer so tag your friends,' the post reads.

The image that followed the vote said that it had concluded in the death of the ISIS fighter.
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I don't know if that's a song or not. But it did remind me of a T-shirt I saw not long ago on a raven-haired hottie:

Goth Moms Do It Spookier

I have a t shirt that says, " I $upport Single Moms" with a pic of a pole dancer.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2016 10:57 AM (lADRM)

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There's one of those Facebook things getting passed around where you take a test and it tells you how liberal/conservative you are. This one dude I know who is a fucking flaming liberal posted that he got 40% conservative, 60% liberal. And he's all like, see I'm totes a moderate, it's just all you rabid right wingers who are extreme.

That test is designed to do this. The results are skewed to make the extreme liberal position seem moderate. This is how the left operates. They're good at it. And the right never has a response.

62I saw Jesus and the Moneychangers open for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Cow Palace back in '88.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2016 11:00 AM (ur5uN)

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The residents are fleeing to the countryside to escape the invaders.

U-Haul-ey Toledo!!!!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 31, 2016 11:00 AM (NeFrd)

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What is the picture of, CBD. I know it's El Greco, but the title of the work?

On another note, the school is posting some pictures of the school orchestra and choir in Europe. One Facebook comment asked, "Is it just me or are their 40 girls and 10 boys? (It's a little hard to tell the gender of all the participants from the little photo) FenelonSpouse said, 40 girls?; I'd want to go too! He was thinking of himself as a teen boy, not as a 60 plus old guy. ;^) Since our son doesn't speak to anyone a lot, the fact that he's outnumbered by girls won't do him much good, not that I'd want his first sexual experience to be as a 16 year old on a school trip when they're supposed to be behaving themselves!!

it'd look a lot like Jesus and the Moneychangers.
Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 10:59 AM (g8Hfr)

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I meant response as in coming up with ideas like this to subconsciously push ideas in people without them realizing it. All the right does is scream "HE'S A SOCIALIST!!!" which gets tiresome and ignored pretty fast.

A humorous mystery (cozy) set at a convention of zombie fans. Link to my dusty and neglected web page in nic, link to Kindle page:
http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Zombies-Snazzy-Stitches-Book-ebook/dp/B00YLRP1T8

9229 Just wanted to thank all the 'rons and 'ettes--and especially Votermom--for taking a chance on my book in the book thread last Sunday. Wow, you are all so open and generous! I looked at the sales spike and had to retreat to my fainting couch, pearls clutched in my tiny little hands. You made my day!

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The Horde is very good at giving you a nice sales spike. They rock.

http://astore.amazon.com/aoshq-20/detail/B014BTSEYO

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2016 11:07 AM (harh/)

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2nd morning in a row I've received a call from Virginia area code CVS pharmacy calling about a prescription for "Jennifer." Didn't answer; they left a message. Weird.

When I tried to get the voice mail, somehow it started calling my mom, which was all right, wanted to confirm she wasn't hit by the twister last night, which she wasn't. But I don't know how I managed to dial her. ("Dial" - isn't that a funny anachronism.)

Then when I hung up on her, music started - a cut that I had last played half a year ago. (Rarely listen to music on the cell.)

What was all that about? Smart phones are dumb; or getting too smart for their own good?

Pair this with the as posted for the "Hamilton" musical specifying non-white people between the ages of 20-30.

Seriously, this is so freakin' illegal and just plain wrong. It violates everything the HR department drills into you about *not* discriminating by age, race, or gender. How is it that it is now OK - no, preferable - to announce these criteria for a university president, SCOTUS nominee, entertainer?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 31, 2016 11:07 AM (NOIQH)

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I meant response as in coming up with ideas like this to
subconsciously pushideas in people without them realizing it. All the
right does is scream "HE'S ASOCIALIST!!!" which gets tiresome and
ignored pretty fast.Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 31, 2016 11:01 AM (0LHZx)

Someone who takes seriously a test being passed around on Facebook is unlikely to be susceptible to reasoned argument. The real question is why we let people like this rule over us.

I didn't...looked like an 1800s thunderstorm coming in off Erie to me....

"art"

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 11:08 AM (g8Hfr)

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El Greco's paintings always look like they've been painted on a rubber sheet and stretched out on a frame. One theory I heard was that he had a massive astigmatism and his paintings looked just fine to him. No idea how realistic that is.

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What was all that about? Smart phones are dumb; or getting too smart for their own good?

*****

THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE YOUR OWN PHONE!!!!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 31, 2016 11:08 AM (NeFrd)

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The only thing missing from that picture is a fuzzy headed guy whispering soothingly, "...and we'll just put a pretty little rock right over here. You can just see that this is where that pretty little rock wants to be... right here next to this beautiful tree..."

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I've grown weary of this "If you won't vote for Trump, it's a vote for Hillary"-crap.

The only one who has voted for Hillary IS Donald Trump. And contributed to her campaign. And her Foundation. And her fellow Democrats. Hell, his vote for Hillary is one of the reasons I can't support him.

Besides, he basically is a Clinton. Sex-crazed, money-crazed, power-crazed, self-crazed. No thanks.

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won't be around for a few days. off to sin city today. back sunday god willing.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 31, 2016 11:14 AM (ucDmr)

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Seriously, this is so freakin' illegal and just plain wrong. It violates everything the HR department drills into you about *not* discriminating by age, race, or gender. How is it that it is now OK - no, preferable - to announce these criteria for a university president, SCOTUS nominee, entertainer?

Your response is exactly what I'm talking about. The right always dismisses this sort of stuff as unserious. Same with Hollywood, music, etc. Oh whatever, who cares what some dumb Hollywood bimbo says? Well millions of people care. They are LIVs for a reason remember. And the left owns the LIV market almost exclusively.

Yeah those FB tests are stupid. But millions and millions of people take them and talk about them and post their scores for their friends to see. And if even a tiny fraction of those people are influenced even a little bit by the tests....it helps the left. Now add up all the FB tests, the Holywood bimbos telling the rubes how to vote and every other instance that the right dismisses as unserious, and it adds up over time.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 31, 2016 11:16 AM (0LHZx)

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Okay I don't really need to know what exactly CBD has done with rdbrewer, but did you grind his bones afterward?

Those pesky bones are hard to dissolve in acid if you don't grind them first.

Oh, and your little rant makes no sense, within its own framework. The annoying but endlessly repeated "if you don't vote for X you're voting for Y" thing is a legitimate conundrum. But a given candidate's flaws are, logically, a separate issue.

Just think, if you'd posted that on the ONT, both of our comments would be replaced with [no primary stuff]. Not as good as a MUMR replacement comment, but possibly still better than this, and yours .....

Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2016 11:16 AM (QDnY+)

122reading up I see somebody already mentioned Condi. Gotta be fast around here... or just say stuff before reading as is the custom.

My favorite was the Facebook IQ test. I couldn't stop myself from wasting, what, half an hour going through that...got to the end and they wanted 20 dollars for the results so I closed the page. So my result is: GENIUS.

I've heard of that as well about El Greco. I think it's a beautiful piece.

On another note, joncelli I posted earlier this week (I don't know if you saw it) that I went to an evening liturgy at the local Orthodox Church Saturday evening. they were nice. The priest had been a military chaplain for 25 years before he transitioned back to the local church. An elderly woman who greeted me warmly is sending me by e-mail the Orthodox prayers for Great Lent, because of course Easter doesn't happen for the Orthodox for about four more weeks. So it's just goes to show that it's important for church folks to great visitors warmly when they come; It makes a difference.

I've heard of that as well about El Greco. I think it's a beautiful piece.

On another note, joncelli I posted earlier this week (I don't know if you saw it) that I went to an evening liturgy at the local Orthodox Church Saturday evening. they were nice. The priest had been a military chaplain for 25 years before he transitioned back to the local church. An elderly woman who greeted me warmly is sending me by e-mail the Orthodox prayers for Great Lent, because of course Easter doesn't happen for the Orthodox for about four more weeks. So it's just goes to show that it's important for church folks to great visitors warmly when they come; It makes a difference.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 31, 2016 11:20 AM (w4NZ

Fenelon, visiting an orthodox church is on my list of things to do. Right now I'm slogging my way through an ESV study bible and praying, from time to time. Baby steps, I guess.

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So it's just goes to show that it's important for church folks to great visitors warmly when they come; It makes a difference.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 31, 2016 11:20 AM (w4NZ

Amen.

If we are the body of Christ, we need to be welcoming others in, and helping them understand why its important and wonderful to be a part of the family of God. Too often, we withdraw into our comfort zones, and are unwilling to let anyone else in. I have certainly been guilty of this. So this is a good reminder for me as well.

Our last church, in Florida, was awesome at this. I really miss it.

The church we go to here in NoVA is pretty good, but not quite the same.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at March 31, 2016 11:16 AM (0LHZx)Yes, we know that LIVs are part of the structure by which the Left perpetuates and strengthens its control. Competing for LIVs using the Left's own mechanisms, of which Facebook is one, is not a solution. It's merely becoming a Republican-style show opposition.

The hilarious thing is that like Fellow "HELP! HAY_ALLLP!" activist Michelle Fields Jackie is being attacked by her "ally" in trying to get her way.

Trump didn't Dox Stumpy Birdfeed and Fox did...

UVA is the one nutpunching Jackie not the "evil hetero Cis-Normative" fella she accused.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 11:28 AM (g8Hfr)

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148 141: i could but, i'm usuallly distracted. o'sheas is a helluva place. crazy.
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I love O'sheas! I haven't been in a few years, they were attempting a remodel the last time I was there.

I have to admit I'm enjoying immensely the specter of these nominal adult college administrators getting skewered on their own petards by the SJW team - who have show they are quite the effective little brown-shirts (I know, microaggression, I ritually denounce myself). I, for one, am having equally as much fun torturing the folks who call me up from my former universities crying poor-mouth and asking for money - with my best sarcasm for the folks calling from the Hippy-Ivy in Providence RI.

The college admin cartel knows who butters their bread and what side it's buttered on. Until the butter (donations from alumni, parents, etc.) stops showing up they have precisely zero incentive to do anything other than following the path of least leftist resistance.

Still fun to watch them twist themselves into little logic pretzels tho.

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If Jackie were smart, her de f ense would be, "UVA taught me to lie,
especially about the patriarchy and rape culture. I did just what they
said. How are they the victim?"

IIRC, Jackie was brought to Rolling Stone's attention by an Obama staffer who was heading up the WH's push for doing something about the campus "rape epidemic." Jackie had gotten to the big leagues with her rape victimization status, as her case was cited as a prime example of the terrible, rapey men on campus today. I hope that Jackie's WH contact is snagged in all of this lawsuit business, too.

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"While the right-wing politician conceded that Belgium has a problem with jihadism, he also asserted that profiling does not work as a countermeasure.

According to JTA, Jambon said that Islamists can be found among diverse groups including doctors, lawyers, and common criminals. Only one in six Belgian jihadists grew up in poor homes, he said.

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They all have one thing in common...

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 31, 2016 11:34 AM (iQIUe)

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Vegetarianism over generations can result in genetic mutations which increase the risk of heart disease and cancer.

Researchers found a long-term vegetarian diet means populations are more likely to carry DNA that makes them vulnerable to inflammation.

The mutation is believed to make it easier for vegetarians to absorb necessary fatty acids from plants, but also boosts their production of arachidonic acid, which increases inflammatory disease and cancer.

Reminder, today is the last day to vote for Hugo nominees! If you got a membership last year you can vote, but has to be done by midnight.

Both the sad and rabid puppy slates are online to peruse. Even if you don't vote, is an EXCELLENT reading list! And the SJW tears of hurt prelims over the lists have been typically loltastic.
Posted by: LizLem at March 31, 2016 11:37 AM (hvf9s)

That is actually my current fave pizza: chicken and mushroom (sometimes onions added) with a garlic parmesean white sauce. Yum. But then I also like Hawaiian pizza so...

Posted by: LizLem at March 31, 2016 11:39 AM (hvf9s)

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The way Kasich apparently eats a pizza is in some circles a crime however.

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Wait, he eats it in a circle? Has he never heard of a pizza cutter?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at March 31, 2016 11:39 AM (Qvgg/)

204Fenelon, visiting an orthodox church is on my list of things to do. Right now I'm slogging my way through an ESV study bible and praying, from time to time. Baby steps, I guess.
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at March 31, 2016 11:23 AM (PjWy4)

I was very, very privileged to attend Easter services in the main Orthodox church in Athens, Greece. From the Good Friday march in Syntagma Square, to Saturday's midnight mass, and then Easter Sunday's sunrise service. It was absolutely breathtaking.

My dad was Russian Orthodox growing up, but converted to Southern Baptist upon marrying my mom. So it was interesting so see a bit of how he grew up. Definitely visit on a holy day-it's worth it.

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Fenelon, visiting an orthodox church is on my list of things to do. Right now I'm slogging my way through an ESV study bible and praying, from time to time. Baby steps, I guess.
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at March 31, 2016 11:23 AM (PjWy4)

I was very, very privileged to attend Easter services in the main Orthodox church in Athens, Greece. From the Good Friday march in Syntagma Square, to Saturday's midnight mass, and then Easter Sunday's sunrise service. It was absolutely breathtaking.

My dad was Russian Orthodox growing up, but converted to Southern Baptist upon marrying my mom. So it was interesting so see a bit of how he grew up. Definitely visit on a holy day-it's worth it.
Posted by: Moki at March 31, 2016 11:39 AM (7q2ch)

The wife and I toured some Orthodox churches in Moscow when we visited. I've always admired icons and the Russian Orthodox church icons were breathtaking.

214IIRC, Jackie was brought to Rolling Stone's attention by an Obama staffer who was heading up the WH's push for doing something about the campus "rape epidemic." Jackie had gotten to the big leagues with her rape victimization status, as her case was cited as a prime example of the terrible, rapey men on campus today. I hope that Jackie's WH contact is snagged in all of this lawsuit business, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 31, 2016 11:33 AM (NOIQH)

Every time there's a story about this criminal and her phony rape charges,I think her full name should be used: Coakley. Her name is Jackie Coakley. She no longer deserves the protection of anonymity. Her full name should be broadcast far and wide.

While I sympathize I think "Jackie" alone gets to the "I am Spartacus" nature of the batshit crazy SJW Harpy phenom better.

"I AM JACKIE!"(which trended on Twatter for a bit)

You mean you fake rape charges b/c of your neuroses?

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 11:44 AM (g8Hfr)

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Noticed upthread that some brilliant moron noticed that Kasich looks like a gray alien. I think that Kasich and Koskinen are 'separated at birth' types-- both physically and mentally. Arrogant aliens both.

Heh piss off Ministry next "save Islam from itself" Vacation and play "reload" on a Convoy...

I'm certain you'll see why 2ACR liked it.

https://youtu.be/O475deK_xEE

Ministry-reload

"In a world full of shit, you're still an asshole to me."

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 11:47 AM (g8Hfr)

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219 well, peeps, time to check the weather and pack.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 31, 2016 11:43 AM (ucDmr)

Safe travels!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2016 11:47 AM (lADRM)

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I recall Trump and Palin eating a pizza with a knife and fork when she went on her "Is she running?" tour of the country and she came to NYC.

Posted by: Serenity Now! at March 31, 2016 11:47 AM (BDZWU)

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Every time there's a story about this criminal and her phony rape charges,I think her full name should be used: Coakley. Her name is Jackie Coakley. She no longer deserves the protection of anonymity. Her full name should be broadcast far and wide.

250I eat there once a year when I am up there. They ship to the lower 48.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2016 11:46 AM (lADRM)

I prefer thin but damn I could indulge in that once in awhile.

http://tinyurl.com/zzww5d7This

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 31, 2016 11:50 AM (/D5Lf)

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Fenelon, visiting an orthodox church is on my list of things to do. Right now I'm slogging my way through an ESV study bible and praying, from time to time. Baby steps, I guess.
Posted by: joncelli, Bridge Troll and Crossbow Afficianado at March 31, 2016 11:23 AM (PjWy4)

Brother, any step you take towards the Lord is a good one in my completely unbiased opinion. Besides ,Jesus said that we must become as little children so baby steps are good. :^) However, if you feel like you're "slogging": and you're starting with the OT, don't do that. It's all the Bible and it all has truth, but if you're slogged down in Deuteronomy or Leviticus, for instance that can be rough going. If I may make a suggestion-start with the Psalms and the Gospel of John. I am glad that you have a study Bible.

The Orthodox Church is very different-even from the RCC which I had been to. They stand up the entire time although there were seats and there's no kneeling but a lot of bowing and crossing themselves-but Orthodox do it from right to left and not left to right. There's also a lot on incense and they entire service is chanted or sung. I got a good sense of the awesome majesty of God. Obviously I can't go on Sunday mornings (which is when the "big" service is) but I told the nice woman that I would be back next Saturday evening.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 31, 2016 11:50 AM (w4NZ8)

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Cruz to Kimmel: "If I was in my car getting ready to reverse and I saw Donald in the back-up camera, I'm not sure which pedal I would push."

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You think Cruz is immune to the Trump treatment if he is the nominee? He is not. He'll be the dangerous, uncivilized thug if he gets the nod.

Actually, Milady has been experimenting with different crust recipes on her pizzas lately - and a few of them turned out less-than-sturdy. Required utensils to eat. But that was experimentation - doesn't count.

New Yorkers' ideas of pizza are stupid. They have a foldy crust thing that you're supposed to fold in half and eat by hand. They're so greasy that the grease spills off on your shirt and tie.

They get all judgy if you don't eat pizza their way, which is to say with cheese falling out after you take a bite and all the good pepperoni and sausage sliding about on the crust and falling on the floor.

Italians in Italy eat pizza with a knife and fork.

Discuss.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2016 11:51 AM (1xUj/)

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Several years ago, my husband and mother and I went on a trip that included a day in Naples. Part of the tour was pizza for lunch. Since there were three in our party, the tour guide sat with us as we were served our pizzas.

My mother has always eaten pizza with a knife and fork, which hubby (from Brooklyn!!) mocked her for every time.

But Mom got her revenge that day, as the tour guide took up knife and fork to tackle the pizza.

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Fenelon, I attended a baptism of a Russian friend's baby at a Russian Orthodox church years ago and it was amazing. Almost the entire service is sung in Russian, they repeat every thing three times (so the god parents had to make their pledge three times, circle the baby three times, etc.), and instead of just a little holy water on the forehead, the priest held the naked babe high over his head and then dunked her into the baptismal font - three times.

I'm sure that will produce the perfect nominee as the GOPe will gladly hand over their power."

Posted by: naturalfake at March 31, 2016 11:20 AM (0cMkb)

Count me as being onboard.

I'm tired of this shoot-from-the-hip approach. I want a practiced politician reading polled and focus-group tested canned responses to questions.

Let's pick a candidate who doesn't cause any controversy or attract any crowds. With the help of our New York based right wing writers, we'll be able to choose the correct person who will promise the changes all the past presidents have failed to deliver on. But this time they will.

It just goes to show what a bad idea this entire primary thing was in the first place. Our betters know who should be in charge and if we would have listened, Jeb! would have already been the nominee.

I read an an article, I forget where, a few months back that established that this was her real name and proved it by tracing her through social media sites. It was obvious that this Jackie Coakley person was the 'Jackie' who made the fake rape allegations against the UVA fraternity.

I prefer Philadelphia style to genuine Al-NYC style if it comes to brass tacks.

When we lived in Maryland we used to drive up 95 to Geno's...

This last trip had Pac10077 not Comrade Hammered me into driving North we would have stopped in St Louis for a pie.

Once she retires and I am on the road full time I plan to pen a book on "America's best Pizzas"

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 11:55 AM (g8Hfr)

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>>They get all judgy if you don't eat pizza their way, which is to say with cheese falling out after you take a bite and all the good pepperoni and sausage sliding about on the crust and falling on the floor.

You are doing it wrong.

Probably taking a poor grip and then changing it as you go.

My ex-wife had this problem. Drove her crazy whenever we went to NY...

Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2016 11:55 AM (mEs7I)

274New Yorkers' ideas of pizza are stupid. They have a foldy crust thing that you're supposed to fold in half and eat by hand. They're so greasy that the grease spills off on your shirt and tie.

They get all judgy if you don't eat pizza their way, which is to say with cheese falling out after you take a bite and all the good pepperoni and sausage sliding about on the crust and falling on the floor.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at March 31, 2016 11:51 AM (1xUj/)

I must say this sounds like my kind of pizza. Only I'd wear a bib, and hold my head over the table so all of the pepperoni and sausage land there instead of the floor.

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Actually, Milady has been experimenting with different crust recipes on her pizzas lately - and a few of them turned out less-than-sturdy. Required utensils to eat. But that was experimentation - doesn't count.

Depends on certain thin crusts and how they are sliced.
Sometimes there isn't enough dough to hold it up.

281I must say this sounds like my kind of pizza. Only I'd wear a bib, and hold my head over the table so all of the pepperoni and sausage land there instead of the floor.
Posted by: OregonMuse at March 31, 2016 11:55 AM (wZfYc)

The Italians look at Pizza as anything from a quick portable meal to a near dessert depending on region.

A genuine Sicilian Pizza is hardly recognizable to US eyes as a Pizza.

Pizza is an interaction between dough, sauce, topping and bake style...

I have seen it stress varying portions of each as the vector for the caloric content.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 11:58 AM (g8Hfr)

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>>Once she retires and I am on the road full time I plan to pen a book on "America's best Pizzas"

Well, you can skip 95% of America.

Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2016 11:58 AM (mEs7I)

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Bandersnatch, so have I. Bella Napoli is really an Italian pizza chain. Ate there once in a little seaside town called Vieste which is across the boot from Naples.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2016 11:58 AM (harh/)

285Again the only thing the GOPe does is shrug and say "garsh that Zuckerfucker shore is wise" and tack left.

I am past caring, let the bodies hit the floor.Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 11:18 AM (g8Hfr)Very true, sven, but moo moo does have a valid point about politics being downstream from culture. Leftist control in the face of rightist apathy results in Nixon being considered the worst president in history for his fumbling a third-rate burglary (which, IMO, was absolutely justified against the DNC nickelfuckers) and Scankles' outright violation of national security protocols being dismissed as part of the VRWC.

I have never seen an Orthodox baptism but the entire dunking is a big thing and I think they have a ceremony/prayers about all the clothing they put on the baby.

Sorry to get all "preachy" here but that's what I love about the church universal. You can go to an Evangelical church and have lively singing and
clapping, You can go to a Orthodox Church and have lots of prayer. You can go to a Non denominational church and have great preaching. You can go to a Roman Catholic Church and as long as you're a RC who is in a state of grace you can have the Eucharist every week. You can go a Methodist church and have great hymns of the faith. We serve a big God who can be faithfully worshipped in a variety of ways. As long as we're focused on Jesus and founded on his death and resurrection and the word of Scripture any good worship service can bring us closer to Christ and to others which-IS what discipleship is all about.

Thus endeth the lesson. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 31, 2016 12:01 PM (w4NZ8)

297Most chain pizza places never put enough sauce on even when you ask them too. I guess that extra 5 cents of sauce is a bridge too far. I prefer the indies, although little ceasers $5 hot and ready has saved dinner a few times.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2016 12:02 PM (ODxAs)

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283. Well, you can skip 95% of America
There is only one city which makes a pizza worth eating of course
We all know which one

301I read an an article, I forget where, a few months back that established that this was her real name and proved it by tracing her through social media sites. It was obvious that this Jackie Coakley person was the 'Jackie' who made the fake rape allegations against the UVA fraternity.Posted by: OregonMuse at March 31, 2016 11:53 AM (wZfYc)

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I think BeauJo's has been living off their reputation for a long time. Used to be the go-to place coming back to Denver from skiing. I haven't eaten there in a lonnnggggg time, and haven't heard much good from my sons who live in Denver.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 31, 2016 12:04 PM (NeFrd)

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Considering some of the other wars we've had around here, this one could be educational

Just about 20 years ago, in the Toledo not pictured above, one yoot slew another over the last slice of pizza. And the prevailing opinion was, The one who paid for the pizza, gets the last slice of pizza. There was no sense of emotionalism whatever over the slaying part; everyone, regardless of ethnicity, cut to the chase.

You often see the bigger pie/more slices economic allegories, by that was my first experience of the truly existential ethical aspect.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 31, 2016 12:09 PM (xq1UY)

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>>>64 What is the picture of, CBD. I know it's El Greco, but the title of the work?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 31, 2016 11:00 AM (w4NZ

(I'm not CBD, but) hover your cursor over the image, or click the image, and you'll get the painting's title, "View of Toledo."

authentic wanna-bes hung around and played on their softball team including Joey Merlino.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 12:10 PM (g8Hfr)

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>>America has very distinct regional preferences in Pizza cuisine amongst the mom and pops....

They even made a movie based on this concept, Mystic Pizza.

I love pizza and travel a lot so I've tried a lot of different pizzas. Best I ever had was a small pop (no mom) shop on the south shore of MA. I don't know what he put in his sauce and he refused to tell anyone but damn it was awesome.

I was just there (if we are talking about Idaho Springs, since they now have multiple locations). It's taken over the whole block practically and it was chaos. The pizza is still OK, not great. My kids like it, but then they like all pizza, the Philistines.

Posted by: MTF at March 31, 2016 12:11 PM (/m8T6)

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"Just about 20 years ago, in the Toledo not pictured above, one yoot slew another over the last slice of pizza..."

If it was from the Cloverleaf Bar on the east side of Detroit, it would be justifiable homicide.

Posted by: jwest at March 31, 2016 12:11 PM (Zs4uk)

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>> As long as we're focused on Jesus and founded on his death and
resurrection and the word of Scripture any good worship service can
bring us closer to Christ and to others which-IS what discipleship is
all about.

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My family and I are big-time deep dish lovers. At some of the local places you have to eat with cutlery. My favorite local place has somehow crisped the thicker crust so you can eat with hands -- crust, cheese, toppings, then diced tomatoes and sauce. Mmmmmm. I grew up with sugar in tomato sauce (cuts the acidity), so my preferences go with that as well as the sturdier crust to hold more goodies.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 31, 2016 12:14 PM (MIKMs)

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Who eats Pizza at a cheesesteak place? That's crazy. I didn't even know you could buy pizza there, and I lived a block away for a year (20 years ago, but still...).

Posted by: MTF at March 31, 2016 12:14 PM (/m8T6)

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Somebody might have linked this one above, dunno. Don't read the guy regularly, but do see him linked here some times, always seemed OK.

But Heninger's WSJ piece on Bambi's great political victory, and esp. the summary of what's happened the last few years to the GOP - wow. Ridiculous. Thought this guy was one of the few substantive columnists (sort of absorbed that impression from others' reactions).

Now, back to pizza .....

Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2016 12:14 PM (QDnY+)

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Anyone else see this interview of Hilary! by the FBI director as a prelude to a decision not to indict?

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>>I think BeauJo's has been living off their reputation for a long time.

Sadly, I think that is true. Just have happy childhood memories of stopping there on the way home from the mountains.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 31, 2016 12:15 PM (NOIQH)

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"Statistics" is the mathematical term for what was once called "lying."Which reminds me, pizza-wise, the Pie Chart was invented by the founder of the Red Cross. Conspiracy?

I had a more-or-less genuine Italian pizza once in Cleveland, as a child. Then followed 25 years of ketchup on crackers, as pizza took the nation by storm. Pizza is now a world phenomenon, and it little profits to compare it to its real progenitor.

Imo's is similar in spirit to Cassano's and I was looking forward to flipping off Ferguson in passing.

St Louis mob. It was supposedly enforced with a wink and a nod that no pizza joint would try to duplicate or use provel. Not while old man Imo was alive. Since he passed, the kids could care less. Hell, you can buy all of the ingredients at Schnucks grocery stores. My aunt is bringing a 5 lb block next time she comes down.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2016 12:15 PM (lADRM)

351Muldoon and I hitting on all cylinders.
Posted by: Guy MohawkUsing a Swedish-made penis enlarger pump?

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MP4, if you are still around - I was wondering if you saw the Hail Caesar movie, and if so, what you thought of it. Most of the reviews I saw were meh, except that Sonny Bunch loved it, and Mark Steyn LOVED it. That makes me think I would like it too. Just wondering your thoughts, given your background and knowledge.

Yep. Deep dish pizza is for tourists. When I lived in Chicago, I didn't know a single native who ate it. Most of the local pizza places (not the chains) did a thin crust, heavy on the toppings. Very good.

However, if you've never had a stuffed pizza, that is kind of like a giant calzone made in a pan and is pretty good. There's a place on the north side called Piero's that does a really good job with those.

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BBQ? Dry or wet, both good. Which is why I do one rack dry-rubbed (my own mix), one rack just salt ampersand pepper, sauce it at the very end, when I do my amazing, improbably excellent baby backs on the gas grill.

I do plan to get a smoker before long, but I have learned that, against the conventional wisdom, one can in fact do ribs low-and-slow (around 220) on a gas grill.

And to push further into heretical territory, a pork shoulder in the slow cooker produces pulled pork that I'd rank with anything "real" done the right way, as far as flavor. Current favorite is a bourbon-mango version.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2016 12:28 PM (QDnY+)

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MW, I'm not surprised. A real Pizza Margherita is just about an appetizer. A form of bread, with just cheese and sauce. But oh, what cheese and sauce.

I'm in kind of a pizza town by modern definition, two national chains from here, one I can throw a rock to the original site, and almost every shop has dropped anchovies from the ingredient list. This is certainly a break from the Roman tradition. Romans used fermented-anchovy sauce on almost everything. Garum.

Before you gag, that's the basic ingredient of Worcestershire.

I can only surmise that the ewww-factor of the weak and squeamish finally triumphed. I've known those who couldn't be in the same room with it.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 31, 2016 12:28 PM (xq1UY)

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>>The director, if he questions her, makes himself a witness in the case.

I have no idea what's up with this, but it *could* be that he wants to put the full weight of the FBI into the interview since Hills has long had a reputation of treating people of lower levels (aides, SS agents, etc.) like sh#t. Not saying she won't treat Comey like sh#t, but having the CIA Director does convey that they will not be intimidated by her highness.

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My Mom grew up with Jean Totino of the Totino Pizza family. Used to eat their REAL pizza at their shop in NE Mpls. I must admit, i do like the Totino's frozen Pizzas... I am not sure what is wrong with me

I tried to find the place in Missoula and wound up declaring defeat....

We found a place by accident in Bozeman (home of the warp drive) that wife wants to go back and try...

(they were closed for Easter on our way in)

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 12:30 PM (g8Hfr)

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It corresponds to baron in rank;[2] a Freiherr is sometimes also referred to as "Baron"; he is always addressed as "Herr Baron" or (more familiarly) "Baron". If he belongs to the Uradel, he enjoys the predicate High Born; otherwise, he is High-Well Born together with all proper nobility.

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>>but decided if we settle here permanent we will likely live North of Helena along the Misery River.

Let me know if you do, I'll wave when I float by!

Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2016 12:30 PM (mEs7I)

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Are other agents going to be in the room? Is it gonna be filmed? What if he says she said X, and she says she said Y? Who is going to testify to what she said earlier? Is she going to be under oath?

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The first time I ever laid eyes on the yet-to-be Missus Muldoon I was working at a Shakey's Pizza Parlor in Broomfield, CO and she was a customer. Sadly I didn't actually meet her until several years later.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 31, 2016 12:34 PM (NeFrd)

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Are other agents going to be in the room? Is it gonna be filmed? What if he says she said X, and she says she said Y? Who is going to testify to what she said earlier? Is she going to be under oath?

Nah after this trip to see dad I think wife wants to go home when she hangs up her guns.

I am not going to argue, my favorite sister has Alzheimer's and I have nightmares about nobody being there when I go back...

but home is home.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 12:34 PM (g8Hfr)

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So ol' Ted Cruz is indulging in some good, old fashion GOPe-MSM-Leftwing Trump-hating.

Now some see Cruz as some sort of Knight of the Right. He ain't.

He's a gomer who is perfectly willing to stand at the border with Glenn Beck handing out toys to kids as they wade the Rio Grande and gas on with late-night hosts with dreams of running Donald Trump over with a car. A real class act.

I used to think a Ted Cruz administration would be something like a third-term GW Bush deal. Now I think he's a lot closer to Clinton.

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2016 12:34 PM (JBggj)

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When you are too big to jail, you get a private interview, no cameras, no tapes, no witnesses.

When you are a chump, you get handcuffed to the steel table, everything is recorded, and the whole crowd watches the drama through the one-way mirror.

When was the last time this director ever. Inducted a criminal interview

Posted by: ThunderB at March 31, 2016 12:35 PM (zOTsN)

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So Stringer, you're telling us that fish sauce was/is a Roman delicacy, not just southeast Asian?

I use it a few V'mese and Thai dishes, it's great when used properly. But it was, how to say, a full olfactory experience when passing through the section of Mui Ne (small resort area, coast of southern Vietnam) where the fish sauce factories were. Wow. I suppose workers there get used to it.

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If he does the interview this is all show, guts the substance, and fucks up the case

Posted by: ThunderB at March 31, 2016 12:39 PM (zOTsN)

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When you are too big to jail, you get a private interview, no cameras, no tapes, no witnesses.

When you are a chump, you get handcuffed to the steel table, everything is recorded, and the whole crowd watches the drama through the one-way mirror.
Posted by: the littl shyning man

When you're a patsy, the media is tipped off and you are dragged off by over fifty cops for a nonviolent "parole violation". Mighty mo you tube video.

Posted by: Haven Monahan at March 31, 2016 12:39 PM (326rv)

461Can you imagine, in our time, how much energy it must take to keep a deception like N. Korea going. I must be a massive drain on their economy.

Nah, people are generally openly happy to be manipulated and lied to. Look how easy it is for the regime here to do it. At some point it's a self sustaining system. In the US now I think we've passed that point and it is nominally stable.

Us morons are just bumps along the way that occasionally perturbates the leftist machine for a moment until it automatically steers back on course. We could shove it good and hard to see what happens but lacking that minimal effort on the part of the statists is really required any more.

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Red Baron pizza is from the same company as Schwan's delivery service.So, you can get frozen pizza, delivered. I had so many poor memories of it from motels and such that in years of Scwan's patronage I never got one. People say they are the better frozen pizza, but, what would I know. I am frequently dismayed at the grocery store, currently expanding to be more Whole Foodie, at the one entire Kroger-length aisle freezer bank with nothing.but.frozen.pizzas. My town.

A fond memory of Tombstone, even though I've found them crummy. Many years ago they were a sponsor of the Novi racing team. It takes one hell of a man to climb into an 800-hp Indy car with a widow-maker reputation that also says "Tombstone" in great big letters right on the aerodynamic fin behind your head.

You're forgetting he knows the answer to this one, Brian Pagliano. And he has been talking for months ever since being given immunity. Nobody knows how much he has given up but he may have already given enough information that Hillary has to either lie or take the 5th.

I'm not holding my breath on an indictment but if anyone in this administration is going to go after Hillary it's Comey.

I used an encoded non-ASCII in my nic above. As usual, it screws with the Pixy cookie. Name field came back with the character (not encoded), plus my email, and the email field came back blank.

How to confuse the hamsters, lesson #435.

BTW, Pixy announced the other night that there would be new comment software rolling out "in the next few days," and linked to a sample website with it. I noted that the "comments" link on the main page required javascript. Siiiigh. Who knows what else will be munged?

I admit I liked Tony's AND Red baron's "Double Topping" Pizzas back in the 80s.

Posted by: sven10077 at March 31, 2016 12:41 PM (g8Hfr)

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Exactly, ThunderB. They will not. I just do not believe it will ever be allowed for a group of agents to grill Her Regalness like they would a normal person.

I see a quiet person to person meeting where he has a somewhat deferential tone. Then he reports that he had a long interview with her and is satisfied that after exhaustive review (1) there simply is not enough evidence to indict; (2) she realizes things were done carelessly and she assumed full responsibility and will correct the problem; and (3) in any case, he is personally satisfied that she has told the truth and that there was no intent to deceive.

Posted by: RM at March 31, 2016 12:43 PM (U3LtS)

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We used to put Totino's frozen pizza rolls on flat glass going into the tempering furnace, 1400F. You pulled them at door 4, and they were done to a turn.Very expensive pizza oven.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 31, 2016 12:45 PM (xq1UY)

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306 How to eat pizza. Is this the Yankee version of beans or no beans in chili?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 31, 2016 12:04 PM (kTF2Z)

Thanks, MP4. I will put it on our Netflix queue as well. I thought it sounded great - and the fact that the MSM didn't care much for it but two conservative writers did just makes is that much more appealing to me.

Here's the thing though. I was born in El Paso, but only spent the first couple of months of life there. Then I spent most of my life in Calif. Until I moved to TX about a year ago. So TECHNICALLY you might call me a natural-born Texan, but I hesitate to claim that title.

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So, today's adventure in Aiming High, after the boss left (boss is actually very good)...brought to you by the man who is the ringleader in the newguy beatdown program, the guy who has most set the tone of "you don't get to be thought smart until I've had my fun with you. About a year from now." (and who hasn't appreciated not being able to do it--my cell phone locker key disappeared off my desk today):

"Holocaust Remembrance...what's the Holocaust...oh yeah, a good start."

"Remember the "beers, no bitches" parties?" ("beers, no bitches" said about five more times the next three minutes)

"Yeah, he was a homo. Homo...Homo...every model has a homo in it" (Homo said like ten times over the next five minutes).

At some point, I begin to consider he just might be a jackass.

Posted by: The Most Dangerous Game at March 31, 2016 06:11 PM (J3UIw)

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Oh, I forgot about the "hand-holding" everybody else needed today. He forgets that is actually why he is still employed, because he's the only guy who understands the thing.

Except for the junior guy who's up and coming. As opposed to the guy who is going.